On Friday 03 June 2011 15:52:25 David W Noon wrote: > On Fri, 03 Jun 2011 01:00:02 +0200, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote about > > Re: [gentoo-user] Cleaning redundant configuration files: > >There is a simple rule in computing: > > > >NEVER remove user created data > > That is utter rubbish. Obsolete data can be dangerous, so once it's > genuinely obsolete it should be gone. >
bullshit. The package manager has no way to know what user generated data is obsolete. All it knows that the file it installed was manipulated. > If that were true, why would it even be possible to delete data? because the user decides to delete the data. Not the machine. Not a package manager. > > >that also applies to config files. > > And obsolete configuration files are even more likely to be dangerous > than general data. really? Please show me an example of.. say an undeleted pure-ftpd configuration has a bad influence on your system. It is your job as administrator to clean up config files. Because only you, the administrator know what files can be deleted, which files should be saved (even just for documentation) and which files must not be touched. The package manager can not decide that.
